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 A porter lifts a heavy suitcase of mass 80 kg and at the destination lowers it down by a distance of 80 cm with a constant velocity.  Calculate the work done by the porter in lowering the suitcase. (take g =9.8 ms-2)

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a

+627.2J

b

784.0J

c

-627.2J

d

-62720.0J

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

From work-energy theorem    
Wporter+WmgE =ΔKE.=0( velocity constant) or ,Wporter =Wmg=mgh
Wporter =80×9.8×80100=627.2 J

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 A porter lifts a heavy suitcase of mass 80 kg and at the destination lowers it down by a distance of 80 cm with a constant velocity.  Calculate the work done by the porter in lowering the suitcase. (take g =9.8 ms-2)